Martial Arts: Becoming a Tyrant From Summoning a Sword Slave

Shangguan Lin took a sip of tea and said calmly: "The people's lives are difficult, how can I not know?"

"Tianqi's taxation is unreasonable. The key reason is not the common people, but the dignitaries and wealthy businessmen." As he spoke, Shangguanlin took out a file and threw it into Lu Buwei's hands. "read!"

This dossier was jointly investigated by the forces of Dongchang and the Royal Secret Pavilion, and it took several months to write this dossier.

It records the tax collection of the world's dignitaries and common people.

Lu Buwei opened the file and read out every single word.

"Liu Sanhe from Pingzhou, with a family of three, has seven acres of fertile land under his name, yields three stones per mu, and collects four stones in taxes." Nine stones for tax."

"Qian Qianyi from Pingzhou, with a family of four, owns six acres of fertile land, produces three stones per mu, and collects three stones in taxes."

"Li Wenlong from Pingzhou, with a population of 480 and six people, has [-] acres of fertile land under his name, and the yield per mu is five shi. Because an official in his family is an official in the court, he received preferential treatment from the court and only collected [-] shi in tax." Read here Suddenly, Lu Buwei stopped.

He has found the problem.

As for Han Fei and the others, their faces froze.

Shangguanlin leaned on the dragon chair, looked at Lu Buwei with great interest, and said coldly: "Don't stop, keep reading." "No."

Lu Buwei continued to read the dossier.

"Xu Mingxin from Ganzhou, with a population of six, has nine acres of fertile land under his name, with an output of four shi per mu, and seven shi in taxes." Shi, ten shi for tax." "Chen Yuanlong, a Liangzhou man, has a population of nine, and he owns [-] mu of fertile land. The yield per mu is four shi, and he collects [-] shi for tax."

"Cai Yong, a Liangzhou native, has a population of 340 and seven people. He owns 28 mu of fertile land, and the yield per mu is five shi. Because an official in his family is an official in the court, he received preferential treatment from the court and only collected [-] shi in tax."

The dossier was very long, and Shangguanlin didn't let Lu Buwei finish reading it. After reading about more than 300 families, Shangguanlin asked him to stop.

Lu Buwei's mouth felt parched and he couldn't speak.

This is not only because of reading the dossier, but also because of the information recorded in the dossier.

The information recorded in this file is simply shocking.

The gap between the rich and powerful and the common people is thoroughly exposed to the eyes of the world.

The people worked hard and paid taxes according to the law, so that they had to live in tight clothes to barely survive a year.

Once encountering natural disasters and man-made disasters, they either starve to death or freeze to death. From then on, they are precarious and exile.

However, the powerful and wealthy businessmen have thousands of acres of fertile land in their families, live a prosperous life, and are extravagant and dissipated, but they only need to pay a tenth of a cent of tax every year.

Such a tax system is obviously extremely unreasonable.

Shangguanlin ordered Han Fei to measure the land in the world and return the land acquired by the powerful and vassal kings to the people.

But the land they bought legally was legally owned, and Shangguanlin didn't touch them.

But after a long time, when there was a famine, the poor could only sell their fields, resulting in more and more fields in the hands of the rich and less land in the hands of the poor.

So the taxes collected are getting less and less.

"How is it? Let's talk about your feelings."

Shangguan Lin held the teacup and looked at the four people in front of him expressionlessly.

On the surface, Shangguan Lin was not angry...

But the four of Lu Buwei knew that the emperor was already angry, and the anger was not low.

It's just that now this anger can't find a target to discover, so it has been suppressed all the time. "Returning to Your Majesty, Tianqi's tax system is no problem for the common people, but it does not apply to the powerful."

Lu Buwei said respectfully: "The rich and powerful families have thousands of mu or even ten thousand mu of fertile land, but due to various reasons, there is nothing to gain from paying taxes." ,what to do?"

Shangguanlin glanced at the four people in front of him, and finally stopped on Tong Zhili.

Of the four officials in the room, three are imperialists, only he is not.

Lu Buwei, Han Fei and Yan Lu were summoned, and the family is not that big.

But Tong Zhili is different.

Tong Zhili is also a veteran of the three dynasties. The Tong clan is deeply rooted and the family members are very large.

According to the investigation of Dongchang people, the fertile land under Tong Zhili's name alone is as many as [-] mu!

According to Tianqi's preferential treatment for officials, being an official in the court does not need to pay taxes.

In other words, no matter how much the [-] mu of fertile land is harvested, Tong Zhili does not need to hand over a grain of grain to the court.

Not only that, but the laws of the apocalypse also give preferential treatment to the family members of officials.

Tong Zhili is the left prime minister, all relatives of the nine ethnic groups can receive preferential treatment, and the tax rate is reduced to the lowest standard.

How many members of Tong Zhili's Nine Clans are there?

Shangguanlin didn't know, probably even Tong Zhili himself didn't know.

For the land under their names, the annual grain tax paid is pitifully low.

Being stared at by Shangguanlin, Tong Zhili lowered his head involuntarily, sweat gradually seeped from his back and wet his clothes.

After a long time, Shangguan Lin looked away at 5.4, and said quietly: "The reform of the tax system is imminent. Discuss with the few of you and submit a charter to me."

"But Your Majesty, officials and dignitaries have preferential treatment, which is the ancestral system of the apocalypse." "If you want to change the tax system, you will inevitably touch the ancestral system first, and I am worried."

"You don't need to worry about these!"

Shangguan Lin interrupted Lu Buwei with a wave of his hand, and said in a deep voice, "The reform of the tax system is related to the people's livelihood and the stability of the country. It cannot be delayed for a moment." "This is my will. Whoever dares to disobey will seek death."

"If they are disobedient, I don't mind using their blood to warn the world!"

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Chapter 171 Only killing with blood can warn the world (third update, please subscribe)

"If they are disobedient, I don't mind using their blood to warn the world!"

"You say so, Prime Minister Zuo?"

Facing Shangguan Lin's cold gaze, Tong Zhili immediately shuddered and said respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty is right."

"Your Majesty is dedicated to the country, and the tax reform is beneficial to the world. I will do my best to do this for Your Majesty."

Shangguanlin smiled coldly, looked away at Lu Buwei, and continued: "As for the preferential treatment of officials, this ancestral system does not need to be abolished, but I have some basic requirements."

"Apocalypse officials can continue to receive preferential treatment in taxation, but there must be standards."

"This standard is divided into the minimum standard and the maximum standard."

"Fields under the official's name, which are below the minimum standard, still do not need to pay taxes."

"Those who exceed the minimum standard but are below the maximum standard must pay a tax of [-]% according to the law, just like ordinary people."

"Once the highest standard is exceeded, you will have to pay ten to five grain taxes!"

"Five out of ten!"

After Shangguanlin finished speaking, the four of Lu Buwei were shocked at the same time.

Five out of ten is half, this is simply cutting the flesh of powerful and wealthy businessmen.

Shangguanlin remained expressionless, and said in a cold voice, "The minimum and maximum standards are determined by the four of you, and must be set reasonably."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys the order."

Facing the mighty Shangguanlin, the four of Lu Buwei all bowed to accept orders.

In fact, Tong Zhili was the only one who was unwilling. Lu Buwei and the others were all members of Shangguanlin, so there would be no objection.

"In addition to food tax, business tax also needs to be changed."

Shangguanlin looked at the four of them, and said in a deep voice, "Tianqi treats rich merchants too preferentially, and the merchant tax is only [-]/[-]."

"When you formulate a new tax system, the commercial tax must also be revised."

"This can also set different standards and collect taxes according to income class levels."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys the order."

"Go down."

Shangguan Lin waved his hand and leaned back on the dragon chair.

"promise!"

The four of Lu Buwei bowed and saluted, and then walked out of the imperial study room, they all let out a long breath.

Tong Zhili wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and when the wind blew, his back was wet and cold.

The emperor's dragon prestige is getting stronger and stronger, making Tong Zhili terrified every time he meets the saint.

Now the only one who can face the emperor safely is the imperial party.

In the imperial study, Shangguanlin continued to read the court memorials.

Generally speaking, during the few months of Shangguan Lin Yujia's personal conquest, nothing major happened to Tianqi.

With Lu Buwei, Zhang Liang, and Tong Zhili working together to deal with the government affairs, the apocalypse was peaceful. "By the way, the Mo family should have come, right?"

Shangguanlin suddenly remembered that when Nangong Yue was beheaded, the system rewarded Master Ban and Master Xu of the Mo family.

Both of these two are wizards who are of great use to Apocalypse.

The system said they would come to defect, it should be through the recruiting hall.

It's just that he has been outside and doesn't know the exact news yet. "Come on."

Shangguan Lin yelled softly, and Zhang Han, the commander of the imperial army, immediately stepped into the imperial study. "Your Majesty is here, what are your orders?"

"Go to the recruiting hall and find out if there are people from the Mo family who have come forward to recommend you." "If there are, bring them to see me." "No!"

Zhang Han led the order to retreat.

In less than half an hour, he returned with two people.

The two are short in stature, with white beard, hair and eyebrows, and a mechanism hand in their left hand.

The other person also has white hair and eyebrows, and looks like a private school teacher. "Caomin ginseng kowtows to His Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Shangguanlin looked at the two of them, and said with a faint smile, "I heard that both of you have unique skills, which can strengthen Tianqi's strength, right?" Do the work of a dog and a horse." Master Xu cupped his hands and said, "Caomin has nothing but forging swords." "Caomin can forge a sword that is ten times and a hundred times sharper for Tianqi." Then, Master Xu took out a sword from the show sheet of parchment.

"This is the method of melting iron and quenching to forge swords handed down by Cao Min's family. Cao Min would like to dedicate it to His Majesty."

Zhang Han beside him stepped forward to take the parchment and sent it to Shangguan Lin.

Shangguan Lin took the leather paper. I don't know what kind of animal fur the material is made of. It is very strong.

After opening, it records the processes of melting iron, quenching, forging iron, etc., which is a very mysterious sword-making technique.

A truly famous sword handed down from generation to generation can only be crafted with the cooperation of factors such as weather, location, harmony, material, and heat, and is extremely rare.

But sharp swords can be mass-produced as long as certain procedures are followed.

The sword-casting diagram presented by Master Xu is a technique for producing sharp swords with energy.

Today's Apocalypse, the sword made of twenty wrought iron is already very hard and sharp.

However, if it is forged with Master Xu's method, the sharpness and hardness of the sword can be increased several times.

"This gift is very good, I like it very much."

Shangguan Lin raised his voice and smiled, then looked at Master Ban.

Seeing the emperor's gaze sweeping towards him, Master Ban took out a piece of parchment from his sleeve, and said respectfully, "The peasants also have treasures to present to His Majesty. These are the blueprints for making mechanism beasts that have been passed down from generation to generation in my Mohist family."

Shangguan Lin took the drawing and examined it carefully, his eyes became more joyful.

The master class presented, except for some small mechanism beasts, such as birds, iron spiders and so on.

There are also the four most important mechanism beasts, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu.

Master Ban looked at Shang Guanlin, and said respectfully, "The mechanism beast is a battlefield killer, and it cannot be resisted by manpower."

"Although it can help His Majesty open up the territory, the killing is too heavy after all. The grass-roots begs His Majesty to be cautious when using the mechanism beast."

In the final analysis, Master Ban and Master Xu are both members of the Mohist School, who advocate both non-aggression and love, and both have benevolence and righteousness in their hearts.